单词 | jungle |
释义 | jun·gle (jŭnggəl) n. 1. Land covered with a dense growth of tropical vegetation. 2. A dense thicket or growth. 3. A dense, confused mass; a jumble. 4. Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations. 5. A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle. 6. Slang A place where hoboes camp. [Ultimately from Sanskrit jaṅgalam, desert, wasteland, uncultivated area, from jaṅgala-, desert, waste.] jungly (-glē) adj. |
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